The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

It is said that Liu Tong got Liu Qian's letter, and said, "Good plan!" Thinking of the importance of this matter, he handed over the matter of Dongying to the generals, and returned to the State of Lu by himself.Mrs. Liu greeted her with Yingying and Yanyan from Hefu, and stood in front of her holding Mrs. Ma's hand. Seeing her, Liu Tong praised her for her virtuousness, and laughed heartily as Mrs. Left Hand and Ai Ji Right Hand walked into the room.

After enjoying the blessings of being equal to others, Liu Tong discussed with his wife about recording the second girl under her name.Mrs. Liu said: "The third girl is usually more filial than the second girl. If I want to remember a concubine, I would rather remember the third girl."

Liu Tong said: "The third girl is too young." Fang said that he wanted to marry his daughter to King Lu.

Madam Liu pretended to be pleasantly surprised and praised: "Your Excellency is a good plan! In this way, King Lu will be our son-in-law."

Liu Tong smiled and said, "It's the idea of ​​the next staff member. If you like Sanya, you can change her."

Mrs. Liu hurriedly said: "The third girl is too young. It will take three or four years before she can have a child. The second girl is fine. The second girl is filial in her heart, but she is just stupid."

Liu Tong stroked his beard in satisfaction and said, "With such a good wife, what more can a husband ask for."

Liu Tong was a vulgar person, and he was in a hurry, so he sent someone to write a statement of self-crime for Princess Lu the next day and sent it to her.Princess Lu cried to death like the sky had fallen.Although King Lu didn't like the current princess very much, he was even more reluctant to let him marry Liu Tong's daughter.On the contrary, the Empress Dowager Qingming told the King of Lu, "It is obvious that Thief Liu wants to be in charge of the state of Lu. That's fine. Although his daughter is his daughter now, she will be your daughter-in-law when she gets married. I will give birth to a son in the future. How can I remember it?" Who is Lao Tzu? I hope she is stronger, and she is not like this one who can't get on the stage." Lu Wang listened to his mother's words and agreed.Immediately, an edict was issued to the subjects of the Lu Kingdom that the first concubine was willing to take the second place, and Liu Tong's second daughter was about to marry the King of Lu as the main concubine.Since then, King Lu called Liu Tong "father-in-law", and Liu Tong called King Lu "son-in-law", and the two enjoyed themselves happily.So far, Liu Tong has paid more and more attention to Liu Qian.

Let's talk about Ma Shi.In the days when Liu Tong was not around, Zhao Tu often had private meetings with her.A while ago Zhao Tu got the news of Jia Cong's nonsense, although he didn't show any traces, he loved and loved Ma Shi more and more; Ma Shi had a clear heart.Chang'e loves young people since ancient times.After all, Liu Tong is a reckless man, and he is old enough to be her father; therefore, although she still misses King Chen in her heart, she is more willing to be with Zhao Tu at the moment.It's just that the two of them were having an affair after all, which was shameful, and Zhao Tu deeply regretted it.

Although every meeting is extremely confidential, Mrs. Liu still noticed it.In the past, Mrs. Liu trusted her and never guarded against her.As the days went by, Ma Shi became somewhat slack.Because Liu Qian broke Ma's plot, Mrs. Liu suddenly felt that this girl was no different from a tiger or wolf, so she immediately kept her eyes on her.It had only been three days since Mrs. Liu explained to her son what this woman looked like when Major General Liu Shu came across a beautiful woman and got her to look back and smile.More than half of Liu Shu's three souls and seven souls went away immediately, and he was busy asking people to find out-it turned out to be his father's concubine Ma Shi!Liu Shu awakened Chunmeng like a thunderbolt exploding above his head, and hurried to tell his mother.Mrs. Liu paid more and more attention to Mrs. Ma.

At last, Mrs. Ma went back to her mother's house to have a private meeting with Zhao Tu, so that Mrs. Liu's people could see the trace.Mrs. Liu was shocked: "How could it be him!" She immediately fell to her feet, "It's amazing! If he is a good friend of that bitch, my son will be in danger." She hurriedly called Liu Shu to discuss.

Liu Shu thought: "It's not good. This Zhao Tu is a passionate seed. He was originally a staff member of Gaoli in Ping'an Prefecture. Because he fell in love with that Oriole, he betrayed his master and followed Oriole to Lu State. Ma's appearance is ten times stronger than that of Oriole. , he forgot about Oriole. I'm afraid it will be easy for Madam Ma to coax him."

Mrs. Liu said: "Let's find another one who is more beautiful than Mrs. Ma?"

Liu Shu smiled wryly and said: "Mr. Ma is already one in ten thousand. Where can I find someone who is better than her? Even if there is, it will not be Zhao's turn. Why don't I take it away from my father first?" Thinking again For a long time, he shook his head and said, "I'm afraid there is no way to deal with it. Unless you show it to my father, then Mr. Zhao will have no way of life. Now my father still needs him."

Mrs. Liu said: "I think Mr. Liu is better than him."

Liu Shu shook his head and said, "Father doesn't have many people under his command. Mr. Zhao and Mr. Liu are good friends at school. Why don't I go to meet Mr. Liu quietly and ask him to persuade Mr. Zhao."

Mrs. Liu said, "That's fine. After all, she is the master's woman. Let's scare him for a while." But she had other plans in her heart.

At noon the next day, Liu Shu changed into ordinary people's clothes and hats, quietly found the small shop where Liu Qian usually ate, and pretended to be a passing customer to share a table with him.Liu Qian naturally recognized him and asked him to sit down with a smile.Liu Shu then told him in a low voice that Zhao Tu had an affair with Mrs. Ma.Liu Qian was a little startled, and immediately said seriously: "I'm afraid there may be a misunderstanding. To be honest, I also sensed that Brother Zhao secretly admired Mrs. Ma, but that's all. I have known Brother Zhao for many years, and he would not touch the lord's woman. Brother Zhao is a serious reader of the Four Books and the Five Classics." Liu Shu was in a hurry and exhausted his tongue, barely swearing.But he is neither Ma Shi nor Zhao Tu, so what's the use of swearing on such things?After talking for half an hour, Liu Qian just didn't believe it.

Liu Shu was dejected and went back to tell his mother.Mrs. Liu said: "Mr. Liu is a loyal and upright person, and Mr. Zhao is his old classmate. If there is no evidence for such things, he will not believe it." But let Liu Shu not worry, she will always have evidence to find out. "Black never becomes white."

Not long after, the second lady of the Liu family married Lu Wang, and the whole country celebrated with joy.Three days later, when the second lady returned home, Liu Tong held a banquet in the mansion to entertain her son-in-law.Zhao Tu naturally also drank with him.After eighty years of drinking, Zhao Tu was a little drunk, his whole body was dry and hot, and he missed Ma Shi inexplicably.So he made an excuse to relieve himself, and quietly touched the back.What a coincidence!I didn't even meet a little girl along the way, and there was no one there.As soon as he touched Ma's yard, Zhao Tu climbed up a big poplar tree, sat on the branch, and looked into the yard like an idiot.

About two quarters of an hour later, someone came over from a distance, and it was Ma Shi's two maids who helped her back.Seeing that Ma Shi's cheeks were flushed, it was obvious that he had not drank less alcohol, as soft as a willow branch, he looked three points better than usual.Zhao Tu was taken aback.Suddenly Ma entered the yard, and when the gate was closed, he could not see him, so he hurriedly climbed up again.Seeing Mrs. Ma help the girl into the house stumbling around, he continued to go crazy again.In the distance, there was the sound of opera singers singing, lingering and lingering, and the warm spring wind blowing through the treetops rattling, Zhao Tu's mind became confused.Then he forgot where he was, who he was, and the two Bai people from Lingnan, so he jumped down from the tree, walked around to the back of the yard, and climbed over the wall.

Liu Tong outside was also drunk at the moment, someone went inside and told Madam Liu, Madam laughed and said, "The general is very happy to see his son-in-law today, and he drank two more cups." Go back to the courtyard, and send the general to her." The people below agreed, and went out to help Liu Tong go to the Ma's courtyard.Then everyone continued to drink and watch the theater.

Mrs. Liu's heart was in her throat, and she waited for a long time, but there was no movement!Then you know that the strategy is not good.After a long time, someone finally came to invite her quietly.Mrs. Liu smiled and accused all the wives of a crime, and asked what was the matter.The man said: "Something happened in Aunt Ma's yard, the general ordered someone to invite Madam over quietly." Madam Liu hurriedly led the people over.

When I got there, I saw that Zhao Tu was sleeping on the imperial concubine's couch in front of Ma's Hall. Liu Tong pointed at him with a wry smile and said, "This guy drank too much wine, ran around and came to Xiangzhu to smash the door. I don't know who Xiangzhu's girl is. After asking for a long time, he collapsed as soon as he opened the door, so drunk that he couldn't move."

Madam Liu hated secretly, but she still asked with concern on her face, "Is Xiangzhu scared?"

"Can you not be scared!" Liu Tong said, "My little face turned pale with fright."

Mrs. Liu sighed: "Who can reason with drunk people? Hearing that Mr. Zhao is usually very cautious, he must be happy today, and drank two more cups. Xiangzhu is a sensible person, I know she doesn't mind."

Liu Tong said: "It's okay, I'll just say a few words to comfort her later."

Mrs. Liu nodded: "Your Excellency." She ordered someone to take two bolts of brocade from the warehouse to scare Aunt Ma, and said: "Now I just send him out from behind quietly and put him on the stone bench in the back garden. Just say that he fell asleep on that stone bench. If he finds out about this, he will regret it very much."

Liu Tong nodded again and again: "Madam is the most appropriate."

Mrs. Liu ordered several daughter-in-laws to move Zhao Tu out, and ordered them to be careful not to wake up Mr. Zhao, while winking at Yumao.Aunt Yu understood and followed up personally to direct the daughters-in-law and mothers-in-law to help them.

Just now he helped Zhao Tu to cross the threshold, only to hear a few "ding dong—grumbling" sounds, and some golden objects fell on the ground.Mrs. Liu saw a hairpin rolling on the ground at a glance, and said hurriedly, "Help me, Mr.! If anyone's hairpin fell off, come back to me to pick it up, and I'll reward her with an extra one." All the daughters-in-law thanked her one after another.

Seeing them go out, a servant girl who followed stepped forward and picked up the hairpin and handed it to Mrs. Liu.Mrs. Liu looked at it and said, "Good thing! Master, our house is too rich! Look at this hairpin!"

Liu Tong raised his eyebrows when he saw it, "Whose property is this?"

Mrs. Liu said: "I just asked one of them to pick it up after a while."

The maid on the side said, "It's so beautiful! Why didn't I see anyone wearing it today?"

The other said: "I really didn't see anyone wearing it. If someone is wearing it, why don't you all surround her and look at it?"

Mrs. Liu smiled and said, "The hairpin is not on the head, is it still on the waist? It's not theirs, it can't be Mr. Zhao's."

The servant girl smiled and said, "Mr. Zhao bought Baobuqi for his wife. My wife only looks at this hairpin. We slaves can't afford to wear it."

They were chatting and laughing, but Ma Shi's maid caught a glimpse and exclaimed: "This is the eight-treasure auspicious cloud wishfull hairpin that our aunt lost last month! I have been looking for it for a long time! It turned out that someone stole it. "

A maid next to Mrs. Liu hurriedly said: "Don't talk nonsense! These aunts and aunts are all around our wife. They never enter your yard at all. How can they steal your aunt's things! Our wife is generous, they want, Find a wife and ask for it." The two maids quarreled.

Liu Tong and Mrs. Liu looked at each other, both of them looked unhappy.After a while, Liu Tong jumped up against the table and started walking inside.Mrs. Liu grabbed him and said, "Stay here, general!" Nai sternly told everyone in the room to get out.

A group of girls looked at each other and saw ink dripping from the faces of the masters and wives. They held their breath in fright and went out one by one.

Mrs. Liu knelt down to Liu Tong with tears in her eyes and said, "General, although my concubine is a girl, I have never studied, but I have heard of a few plays. According to the play, Lu Bu fell in love with Dong Zhuo's concubine Diaochan, and met at Fengyi Pavilion." Dong Zhuo bumped into him. Li Ru, Dong Zhuo’s counselor, said that Diao Chan was just a woman, and Lu Bu was the general’s warrior. Why bother to be angry with the warrior for a woman? He advised him to give Diao Chan to Lu Bu. Dong Zhuo refused, so he and Lu Bu against each other."

Liu Tong originally suspected that the two of them had selfish interests, and was full of thoughts on how to interrogate Mrs. Ma inside and how to interrogate Zhao Tu later; Madam Liu's words had confirmed the matter.Then he said viciously: "You mean, I am that Dong Zhuo?"

Mrs. Liu shook her head and said: "I don't know about Dong Zhuo and Lu Bu. I only know that Mr. Zhao is really important to the general. Without him, I am afraid that many things in the Lu country will be difficult to handle. Ma is just a woman. If the general If you like it, just go and find a few who are not inferior to her. Why don't you give Mrs. Ma to Mr. Zhao. Mr. Zhao must be grateful for Wu Nei and feel extremely guilty, and he will definitely die for the general in the future."

Liu Tong sneered and said, "Stole my woman, and you still expect him to be grateful and guilty?"

Mrs. Liu begged: "Talent is rare!"

Liu Tong snorted, "I still don't lack one or two people under my command!"

Mrs. Liu hurriedly said again: "This matter... um, this matter..."

"Ok?"

Mrs. Liu hesitated to speak several times, and finally gritted her teeth: "Shu'er heard about this a few days ago, and told me; I didn't believe it, and scolded him. He went to tell Mr. Liu again, and wanted Liu Mr. Zhao warned Mr. Liu, but Mr. Liu didn't believe it, and argued with him for a long time. Well, what I mean is that Shu'er didn't know about it and didn't report it..."

Liu Tong's old face immediately turned red like fire: "My son knows about stealing with my woman, but I don't!"

Mrs. Liu hurriedly said, "I don't even believe it!"

Liu Tong couldn't stay still any longer, he flung his sleeves and left, ordering to lock the gate of the courtyard and no one could enter or leave.Nai strode to the front, thought about it and didn't go to the banquet, turned around and went to the study outside; ordered Liu Shu to be called over.

Suddenly Liu Shu rushed to the outer study, looked up and saw porcelain shards all over the floor, his father's face was as black as a diamond, and he was too frightened to speak.Liu Tong stood in front of the window with his hands behind his back, and asked without turning his head, "Someone told you that Mrs. Ma and Zhao Tu are having an affair?"

Liu Shu couldn't help shouting: "Father, you know! A relative who is a soldier next to me lives next door to Ma's house. I bumped into Mrs. Ma several times after returning to her mother's house, and Zhao Tu slipped in in the middle of the night! That man is a good person, and he is lying on the ground several times. Watching in the yard, I saw that Zhao Tu just slipped out at five o'clock, and he was so fierce! I told my mother that she would not believe me! I said that Ma Shi is very good." After a while, he muttered, "You Both of them clearly fascinated her."

Liu Tong remained motionless, and asked again for a long time, "Where is Liu Qian?"

Liu Shu curled his lips and said, "He doesn't believe it either. I know that Zhao Tu is talented and has the ability to remember with a photographic memory. Because I thought he was the most important person to my father, I went to trouble Liu Qian to warn him. Qian is a nerd! He only said that Zhao Tu read the books of sages and was full of knowledge, so he was determined not to do such messy things. Someone must be jealous of his father's favor and fabricate gossip to frame him."

After another long silence, Liu Tong nodded, "I see."